[grc] Political Office Holders Producing Programming

[Michelle Bradley]

The issues surrounding the liability for rules/law violation stem from 
the risk of endorsing a candidate for public office in violation of the 
Communications Act.  Once they are elected, there's no law/rule 
preventing it. However, if they declare their candidacy for re-election 
or for election to a different public office, they need to go back off 
the air.

*Michelle A. Bradley, CBT*
/Amateur Radio: KU3N/
/Founder - REC Networks/ - *https://recnet.com* <https://recnet.com>
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On 6/25/2021 5:21 PM, Dana Matthews via grc wrote:
> Our station, KYRS in Spokane, WA has a policy requiring any program 
> host who has declared themselves a candidate for public office to take 
> a hiatus from their show during the campaign. However, it does not 
> state that a current office holder cannot produce programming. Does 
> anyone have opinions or experience with political office holders 
> producing programming, or is this addressed in any other station's 
> policy?
> Thanks, Dana Matthews
> KYRS Program Director
> Dana Matthews 509-869-4108
> Office 509-747-3012 ext 2
>
> KYRS Thin Air Community Radio
> Medical Lake-Spokane 88.1 & 92.3FM
> KYRS.org
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